Beijing to Spend 59.5bn Dollars on Improving Infrastructure for Olympics
[ 2006-10-16 10:48 ]
| 據報道，北京將投入4700億元用于基礎設施改造。到2010年，河流還清綠地將增加，特別是交通設施變化最大，軌道交通通車里程將比現在增加一倍，群眾出行將更加方便快捷。 |
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China's capital will invest an estimated 470 billion yuan (59.5 billion U.S.
dollars) in infrastructure in the 2006-2010
period.
The money will be spent on 2,400 construction and upgrading projects,
according to a master-plan unveiled by the city's
development and reform commission.
Projects to ease city traffic, improve energy and water supply and better the
city environment will be completed before 2008 when Beijing hosts the Olympics,
said Chai Xiaozhong, deputy head of the commission.
By 2008, Beijing will have a hyper-modern international air service hub.
Upgrading of the current international airport will be completed and work will
have begun on the city's second international airport. The Capital Airport hub
will be able to process 60 million passengers a year, according to the plan.
In the next five years, Beijing will upgrade subway lines 1 and2, and build
lines 5 and 10, as well as a special subway leading to the Olympic village and
gymnasiums. A light-rail track will also be laid to the airport. Intervals
between subway train services will be shortened to 150 seconds. The total length
of the city's subway and light rail network will reach 270 kilometers, and
high-grade highways in the city center will stretch 280 kilometers. It will take
50 minutes at most to commute to areas within the city's fifth ring road.
Beijing will also expand parking lots to ensure a parking place for each
motor vehicle in the five-year period.
Official statistics show that Beijing now has approximately 2.8million motor
vehicles but only 1.4-1.5 million parking places.
By 2008, the Taiyanggong gas-firing thermal power plant will have been built
and heating pipes laid for the Olympic gymnasiums and surrounding areas.
Electricity transmission projects for the areas will be completed, and
construction will be revved up on the Beijing section of the south-to-north
water diversion program. At the end of 2007, the section will be ready for water
supply.
Beijing will clean up its rivers and lakes and improve water quality. Two
water recycling plants will also be built. In 2010, annual consumption of
natural gas in the capital will reach seven billion cubic meters.
Vocabulary
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infrastructure：基礎設施
master-plan：總體規劃（設計）
hyper-modern：超現代
upgrade：提高，改進
（北京外國語大學通訊員 沈子杰供稿）
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